After reading the secret report in his hand, Hao Xing Xiaoqi frowned, pondered for a long time, and asked, "Zheng Yong, what Li Jin said in the secret report has been verified?"

Zheng Yong, who was on the side, hurriedly bowed down and replied, "It has been verified." An extremely reliable agent of the old slave faction who had been hidden in Prince Ding's mansion for many years had indeed overheard outside Prince Ding's study that Song Xingye had an argument with Prince Ding, who was played by Li Jin. The spy also heard that Song Xingye persuaded Prince Ding to rein in the precipice and think twice. ”

In this way, Song Xingye did not intend to obey Prince Ding's orders, let alone persuade his son, Song Qingfeng, the commander of the forbidden army, to also participate in the rebellion. ”

Speaking of this, Haoxing Xiaoqi pinched his painful eyebrows, sighed meaningfully, and continued: "Actually, I don't believe that the Song father and son will have the intention of rebellion.

Otherwise, Song Xingye had more than 100,000 northern troops in his hands back then, and he could take advantage of the opportunity of the defeat of Beirong and the momentum to return to the south, attack the capital, and seize my country. But he honestly handed over his military power and became an idle marquis.

Although his son Song Qingfeng had some friendship with that Han Bing in the past, and he also became the martial arts master of Zuo Xiang's cold-clothed young son, this was mostly due to his young age and shallow knowledge, and he was used by the pair of treacherous father and son who were very good at disguise. ”

Zheng Yong actually didn't fully agree with the emperor's opinion, because he always felt that the Song father and son were not as simple as they seemed. But in the absence of any real evidence, he can't just say anything and arbitrarily fabricate accusations against them.

And at this time, he didn't want to refute the emperor's intentions, and he was more serious about some things that were not too important, but it affected the implementation of his current important plan.

So, he also followed the emperor's words and said: "Judging from the recent events, the Song father and son really don't seem to have any collusion with Zuo Xiang's father and son. ”

Haoxing Xiaoqi said "um" lightly, and thought in his heart that although he was blinded by Zuo Xiang's cold clothes for a while, he actually let this scheming and treacherous person steal the high position, and he also used this to oppose himself everywhere.

But in the matter of promoting the Song father and son, he is obviously quite knowledgeable, and he has put the military power in the hands of people who are loyal to him.

At the thought of this, His Majesty the Emperor finally felt some comfort in his heart, and he spoke more and more for the person he favored him.

"It is absolutely impossible for the Song family and his son to have any collusion with Zuo Xiang! Otherwise, Song Xingye would have learned the truth from Zuo Xiang that Li Jin is the presumed prince. And he will inevitably realize that Li Jin's request for him to participate in the rebellion is completely a conspiracy.

Then there is really no need for him to go through more persuasive Li Jin, but he should be perfunctory in front of him, and turn around and report the matter in front of me. In this way, he can not only completely get rid of his own suspicion, but also turn against him, making it difficult for me to deal with it. ”

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but snort coldly, and said: "With Zuo Xiang's scheming and arrogance, if he knew the inside story of this matter, he would definitely not let go of this great opportunity to embarrass me!"

Zheng Yong blinked his eyes a few times, but finally he couldn't hold back the jealousy and hatred for the Song father and son in his heart, and said with a little provocative meaning: "For the sake of the matter of Miss Sun of the Jingguo Mansion, the Song family and the father and son of Zuo Xiang did have a disagreement.

It's just that since Song Xingye knew that Prince Ding had the intention of rebelling, he only persuaded a few words, but did not report his intention to rebel to His Majesty. I'm afraid there are some ill-intentioned intentions in this—"

"Huh-"

Haoxing Xiaoqi immediately interrupted Zheng Yong disapprovingly, "Song Xingye didn't come to tell me about Prince Ding, he should still have a little nostalgia for this former coach, I hope he can listen to his persuasion and stop the idea of rebellion."

This shows more and more that this Song Marquis is loyal and upright, and he is unwilling to do things that betray the Lord and seek glory, which is really rare!"

Zheng Yong naturally heard that the emperor was already a little displeased, and immediately realized that he had said the wrong thing.

Now in the mind of His Majesty the Emperor, the Song father and son are the great loyal ministers he has picked up.

Doubting the Song father and son is actually tantamount to doubting the emperor's knowledge. When the emperor heard this, he was naturally unhappy in his heart, and he couldn't help but have to protect the Song father and son.

His own move was really self-defeating, not only could not hit the Song father and son, but made the emperor believe in their loyalty more firmly.

As soon as he thought of this, Zheng Yong secretly scolded himself for being stupid, and quickly changed the conversation and returned to the original topic.

"It's just that without the cooperation of the Song family's father and son, it would be difficult for this 'fake rebellion' plan formulated by you, Your Majesty, to go on again!"

After speaking, the old eunuch pretended to sigh helplessly, but a pair of thief eyes were peeking at the emperor's reaction.

Sure enough, after hearing his sigh, the emperor couldn't help but sigh, and thought about it with some sorrow.

At the beginning, I listened to the words of Zheng Yong, an old minion, and set the timing of this so-called "fake rebellion", Haoxing Xiaoqi really had two purposes in it.

The primary purpose is naturally to provoke the Prince of Zhending, Haoxing Xiaoyu, who is hiding in the shadows, through the tossing of the hypothetical prince Li Jin, so that he will expose his hidden deeds under impulse.

Because he, as an elder brother, knew his Seven Emperor Brother very well, and knew that he was short-tempered and impulsive.

Back then, he also took advantage of this and asked Haoxing Xiaoyu to lead his troops to shoot Yongwang Haoxing Xiaoyin inside the palace gate.

As for why Haoxing Xiaoyu later completely broke with him, the emperor's eldest brother, Haoxing Xiaoqi had his own speculation about this-

The problem is likely to be with their mother, Empress Dowager Yan.

Before the death of the Empress Dowager Yan, the youngest son Haoxing Xiaoyu had been with him, and it was probably during that time that he heard something from the mouth of the Empress Dowager and became suspicious of his brother.

That's why not long after the death of the Queen Mother, he began to use the pseudonym Xiao Tianjue to mingle in the rivers and lakes, specifically against the loyal alliance that killed the Yin people, but also against him, His Majesty the Emperor.

Now that he knows what kind of person Haoxing Xiaoyu is, Haoxing Xiaoqi has full confidence and forces him out through the strategy of "fake rebellion".

Once Haoxing Xiaoyu was removed, the real Prince Ding, Zuo Xiang's father and son lost their allegiance and became ownerless lonely ghosts, and they could not escape from the palm of his majesty, the emperor.

And another purpose of this plan is to test the loyalty of those old ministers of the original prince through the instigation of the fake prince Li Jin.

Therefore, although Haoxing Xiaoqi did not believe that the Song father and son would really participate in the rebellion, but out of suspicion and suspicion, he still asked the fake prince Li Jin to try them again, so that he could completely put his mind at ease.

However, for the other old subordinates of Prince Ding, he could not trust the Song family and his son, so he had to be cautious.

Otherwise, if the fake becomes true, and those old subordinates of Prince Ding are really incited to rebel, and then the matter becomes uncontrollable, won't it be self-defeating and self-defeating?

Therefore, after confirming that the Song father and son were loyal, although Haoxing Xiaoqi also felt very satisfied, he was also very troubled that he couldn't think of the next candidate who should let Li Jin instigate.

Zheng Yong figured out the emperor's entanglement clearly, and this is exactly what he wants to see at this moment.

The more chaotic the emperor's mind and the more scruples he has, the more unclear his thoughts will be.

This gave him the best opportunity to take advantage of it.

Compared with the emperor's purpose of only wanting to get rid of Prince Ding and Zuo Xiang's father and son, Zheng Yong's purpose is much more complicated and sinister.

He planned to use the case of Prince Ding's rebellion to implicate as many of his enemies as possible. These include-

Prince Ding Haoxing Xiaoyu, Zuo Xiang Leng Yiqing and his two sons Han Bing and Shiyu, Jingyuan Marquis Song Xingye and his son Song Qingfeng, the commander of the forbidden army, and even Su Mansion, Xinwu Marquis Mansion, Wenshan Mansion, Xiuyun Sword Sect......

In short, all the people who are related to Zuo Xiang's father and son must be wiped out.

It is precisely because Zheng Yong has many more people to calculate than the emperor, so he thinks of many more things than the emperor.

For what is happening so far, he has been prepared for a long time, and he has already thought of a countermeasure.

Now seeing the emperor sitting there and worried, Zheng Yong said cautiously and unhurriedly: "Your Majesty, the old slave has heard such a sentence, 'If you want to add to the crime, there is no excuse!'"

Hearing this, Hao Xingxiao slowly put down the hand that was pinching at the center of his eyebrows, his eyes looked straight ahead, he frowned and thought for a long time, Fang shook his head and sighed: "You don't know anything! Since Zuo Xiang dares to openly oppose me, he must have something behind him."

Now his left minister is no longer the left minister of two months ago, and today's court of Dayu is no longer the court of two months ago.

Two days ago, as soon as the news of the attack on Jishi Temple came out, I rebuked him in public on the grounds that it was unfavorable for the left minister to supervise the Privy Council, and I originally had the intention of taking the opportunity to take away his privy envoyship.

At that time, some courtiers defended him bluntly, saying that in this matter, although the left minister failed to prevent the problem as soon as possible, he also responded in time afterwards and ordered the forbidden army to set up appropriate measures to ban and blockade.

Subsequently, I received more than a dozen recitals in a row to exonerate him, and many of them were cabinet ministers of the second rank or above.

In such a situation, I cannot insist on going my own way, lest the situation get out of control. It was because of that incident that it was hastily revealed, and it failed to move the left phase. ”

Speaking of this, Haoxing Xiaoqi couldn't help but sigh heavily with a little annoyance, "'Desire to add sin' is easy to say, but now there is no punishment for guilt, let alone innocence?"

Zheng Yong laughed hehehe, and said, "Your Majesty, have you forgotten that there is not a fake prince Li Jin? With this person here, how can Zuo Xiang be innocent?"

"You mean—"

Haoxing Xiaoqi's eyes narrowed slightly, and a grim smile slowly appeared on his lips, "It seems that for the sake of the eternal prosperity of the country, I have to sacrifice some innocent people!" 21010